حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَزِيدَ الْقَرَاطِيسِيُّ، ثنا أَسَدُ بْنُ مُوسَى، ثنا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، ثنا مُعَانُ بْنُ رِفَاعَةَ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ، عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ، أَنَّ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنَ حَاطِبٍ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ، أَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، ادْعُ اللهَ أَنْ يَرْزُقَنِي اللهُ. قَالَ: «وَيْحَكَ يَا ثَعْلَبَةُ، قَلِيلٌ تُؤَدِّي شُكْرَهُ خَيْرٌ مِنْ كَثِيرٍ لَا تُطِيقُهُ»
ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، ادْعُ اللهَ أَنْ يَرْزُقَنِي مَالًا، قَالَ: «وَيْحَكَ يَا ثَعْلَبَةُ، أَمَا تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَكُونَ مِثْلَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَاللهِ لَوْ سَأَلْتَ أَنْ يَسِيلَ لِيَ الْجِبَالَ ذَهَبًا وَفِضَّةً لَسَالَتْ»
ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، ادْعُ اللهَ أَنْ يَرْزُقَنِي مَالًا، وَاللهِ لَئِنْ أَتَانِي اللهُ مَالًا لَأُوتِيَنَّ كُلَّ ذِي حَقٍّ حَقَّهُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «اللهُمَّ ارْزُقْ ثَعْلَبَةَ مَالًا» فَاتَّخَذَ غَنَمًا، فَنَمَتْ كَمَا يَنْمُو الدُّودُ حَتَّى ضَاقَتْ عَنْهَا أَزِقَّةُ الْمَدِينَةِ، فَتَنَحَّى بِهَا، وَكَانَ يَشْهَدُ الصَّلَاةَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ثُمَّ يَخْرُجُ إِلَيْهَا، ثُمَّ نَمَتْ حَتَّى تَعَذَّرَتْ عَلَيْهِ مَرَاعِي الْمَدِينَةِ، فَتَنَحَّى بِهَا، فَكَانَ يَشْهَدُ الْجُمُعَةَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ثُمَّ يَخْرُجُ إِلَيْهَا، ثُمَّ نَمَتْ فَتَنَحَّى بِهَا، فَتَرَكَ الْجُمُعَةَ وَالْجَمَاعَاتِ فَيَتَلَقَّى الرُّكْبَانُ، وَيَقُولُ: مَاذَا عِنْدَكُمْ مِنَ الْخَبَرِ؟ وَمَا كَانَ مِنْ أَمْرِ النَّاسِ؟ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: {خُذْ مِنْ أَمْوَالِهِمْ صَدَقَةً تُطَهِّرُهُمْ وَتُزَكِّيهِمْ بِهَا} [التوبة: ١٠٣] قَالَ: فَاسْتَعْمَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى الصَّدَقَاتِ رَجُلَيْنِ: رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ، وَرَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي سُلَيْمٍ، وَكَتَبَ لَهُمْا سَنَةَ الصَّدَقَةِ وَأَسْنَانَهَا، وَأَمَرَهُمَا أَنْ يَصْدُقَا النَّاسَ، وَأَنْ يَمُرَّا بِثَعْلَبَةَ، فَيَأْخُذَا مِنْهُ صَدَقَةَ مَالِهِ، فَفَعَلَا حَتَّى ذَهَبَا إِلَى ثَعْلَبَةَ، فَأَقْرَآهُ كِتَابَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ صَدِّقَا النَّاسَ فَإِذَا فَرَغْتُمَا، فَمُرَّا بِي. فَفَعَلَا، فَقَالَ: وَاللهِ مَا هَذِهِ إِلَّا أُخَيَّةُ الْجِزْيَةِ، فَانْطَلَقَا حَتَّى لَحِقَا رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: {وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ عَاهَدَ اللهَ لَئِنْ آتَانَا مِنْ فَضْلِهِ} [التوبة: ٧٥] إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {يَكْذِبُونَ} [التوبة: ٧٧] قَالَ: فَرَكِبَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ قَرِيبٌ لِثَعْلَبَةَ رَاحِلَةً حَتَّى أَتَى ثَعْلَبَةَ، فَقَالَ: وَيْحَكَ يَا ثَعْلَبَةُ، هَلَكْتَ، أَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فِيكَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ كَذَا، فَأَقْبَلَ ثَعْلَبَةُ، وَوَضَعَ التُّرَابَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ وَهُوَ يَبْكِي، وَيَقُولُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ. فَلَمْ يَقْبَلْ مِنْهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَدَقَتَهُ حَتَّى قَبَضَ اللهُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ثُمَّ أَتَى أَبَا بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ قَدْ عَرَفْتَ مَوْقِعِي مِنْ قَوْمِي، وَمَكَانِي مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَاقْبَلْ مِنِّي، فَأَبَى أَنْ يَقْبَلَهُ، ثُمَّ أَتَى عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ، فَأَبَى أَنْ يَقْبَلَ مِنْهُ، ثُمَّ أَتَى عُثْمَانَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ فَأَبَى أَنْ يَقْبَلَ مِنْهُ، ثُمَّ مَاتَ ثَعْلَبَةُ فِي خِلَافَةِ عُثْمَانَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ
It is narrated from Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that Tha'labah bin Hatib al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah, supplicate to Allah that He grant me provision. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Woe to you, O Tha'labah! A little (wealth) for which you can give thanks is better than much (wealth) which you cannot bear." Then he came to him (peace and blessings be upon him) again and said: O Messenger of Allah, supplicate to Allah that He grant me wealth. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Woe to you, O Tha'labah! Do you not wish to be like the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)? By Allah, if I wished that the mountains should flow for me as gold and silver, they would flow." Then he came to him (peace and blessings be upon him) again and said: O Messenger of Allah, supplicate to Allah that He grant me wealth; by Allah, if Allah gives me wealth, I will give every rightful claimant his due. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated: "O Allah, grant Tha'labah wealth." So he acquired goats, which multiplied as worms multiply, until the streets of Madinah became too narrow for them, so he moved away (from the town). He would attend the prayer with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and then go out (to his goats). Then they multiplied until the pastures of Madinah were not enough for him, so he moved further away. He would attend the Friday prayer with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and then go out. Then they multiplied further, so he moved still further away, until he abandoned the Friday prayer and the congregations. He would (only) meet the caravans and ask: What news do you have? What is the state of the people?
Thereupon Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, revealed this verse to His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): "Take from their wealth a charity by which you purify them and cause them to grow" [al-Tawbah: 103]. The narrator said: So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) appointed two men to collect the charities, one from the Ansar and one from Banu Sulaym, and wrote for them the rules of the charity and its amounts, and ordered them to collect charity from the people and to pass by Tha'labah as well and take the charity of his wealth from him. So they did so, until they went to Tha'labah and read to him the letter of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He said: First collect from the other people; when you have finished, pass by me. So they did that, and then when they came (back) to Tha'labah, he said: By Allah, this is nothing but the sister of the jizyah! So the two of them set off back until they reached the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).
Concerning this, Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, revealed to His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) the verses from "And among them are those who made a covenant with Allah: If He gives us of His bounty" [al-Tawbah: 75] up to "they used to lie" [al-Tawbah: 77].
The narrator said: So a man of the Ansar, a close relative of Tha'labah, mounted a riding animal, went to Tha'labah and said: Woe to you, O Tha'labah! You are ruined; Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, has revealed such verses of the Qur'an about you. So Tha'labah came (to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)), putting dust on his head and weeping, saying: O Messenger of Allah, O Messenger of Allah! But the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not accept his charity until Allah took the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (from this world).
Then, after the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he came to Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: O Abu Bakr, you know my standing among my people and my position with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), so accept (my charity) from me. But he refused to accept it. Then he came to Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), and he too refused to accept (the charity) from him. Then he came to Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), and he too refused to accept (the charity) from him. Then Tha'labah died during the caliphate of Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him).